Latest - Anesthesiology

• Young Woman’s Stroke Linked to Hormonal Contraceptives A 32-year-old woman’s stroke, linked to her use of oral contraceptives, demonstrates the need for heightened awareness of CVT, particularly in patients with risk factors for thrombosis.
  Medscape UK, March 20, 2025
• ADHD Rates, Adverse Outcomes Elevated in Adults With Autism ADHD rates are higher in adults with autism than the general population and having both conditions is linked to worse health outcomes, a study suggests.
  Medscape Medical News, March 18, 2025
• Med School Opens New Worlds, but Pile of Debt May Tag Along Paying for medical school often means facing big bills and today, high uncertainty.
  Medscape Medical News, March 18, 2025
• GLP-1s Are Crazy Effective — Just Not Cost-Effective   We know they are expensive, but isn’t the cost recouped by the healthcare savings? Dr F. Perry Wilson explains.
  Medscape, March 17, 2025
• Cannabis Is Interfering With the Heart Evidence is stacking up about the influence of cannabinoids on cardiovascular disease, and newer, synthetic options are binding even more tightly to the CB1 receptor, which could be harmful.
  Medscape Medical News, March 17, 2025
• Remote Infections Raise Risk for Surgical Site Infection Ongoing remote infections nearly double the risk for surgical site infections in intracranial neurosurgery procedures.
  Medscape News UK, March 17, 2025
• Valve Choice for TAVR: Much Left to re-SOLVE Elderly patients may fare similarly with either an SEV or a BEV, but for lifetime management in younger and/or lower-surgical-risk patients, relevant differences exist between the 2 platforms.
  Journal of the American College of Cardiology, December 04, 2024
• MHRA Drops Post-Op Pain Use for Prolonged-Release Opioids The UK drugs regulator has removed postoperative pain from prolonged-release opioid licences due to increased risks of persistent opioid use and respiratory impairment.
  Medscape News UK, March 13, 2025
• Do We Know Enough About Assisted Dying Drugs? Amid the ethical and legal arguments, a fundamental question remains: How much do we truly understand about the drugs used in these end-of-life procedures?
  Medscape Medical News, March 13, 2025
• 2025 Best and Worst Places to Practice, by Region Where you practice medicine won't make or break your career, but these states ranked high or low as the best and worst places to practice.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, March 11, 2025
• Do Intra-articular Steroid Shots Cut Pain Killer Use in OA? Intra-articular corticosteroid injection is associated with a reduced use of pain medications, including opioid combinations, in knee and hand osteoarthritis.
  Medscape News UK, March 10, 2025
• Study Questions Safety and Effectiveness of PAs and AAs New and robust research is needed to determine whether physician and anaesthesia associates are safe and valuable assets to healthcare, researchers said.
  Medscape News UK, March 07, 2025
• Anesthesiologists Point Path to Reduce Carbon Footprint Several common gases used in anesthesia contribute to global warming, but anesthesiologists can reduce the damage in a few simple steps.
  Medscape Medical News, March 04, 2025
• There’s a Sandwich Bag of Plastic in Your Brain   Dr F. Perry Wilson reviews disturbing data about the accumulation of nanoplastics in the human body.
  Medscape, March 03, 2025
• Feb 28 2025 This Week in Cardiology   The treatment of asymptomatic aortic stenosis, the move to composite endpoints in trials, IFR vs FFR and high-frequency low tidal volume ventilation for AF ablation are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in today's podcast.
  theheart.org on Medscape, February 28, 2025
• Can Topical Lignocaine Improve Patient Comfort in EBUS-TBNA? Topical anesthesia with lignocaine reduces cough rate and enhances satisfaction among patients undergoing endobronchial ultrasound–guided transbronchial needle aspiration under general anesthesia.
  Medscape Medical News, February 27, 2025
• Will Pharma Continue Efforts to Diversify Clinical Trials? The federal crackdown on DEI initiatives is unlikely to deter companies from designing more representative trials, as it’s ‘good science, good ethics, and good business,’ one expert said.
  Medscape Medical News, February 26, 2025
• Pain and Poor Life Quality in X-Linked Hypophosphataemia X-linked hypophosphataemia significantly affects the quality of life in adults by increasing pain and mental health challenges, a Danish study reveals.
  Medscape News UK, February 25, 2025
• #DiedSuddenly Was BS: Why Did We Believe It?   A hashtag that gained a lot of traction during the COVID-19 pandemic is, thankfully, in decline, but can we avoid buying into such nonsense again?
  Medscape, February 24, 2025
• Do We Need to Change the 'Old Ways' of Dying? Tuscany has just become the first region in Italy to instate clear procedures for assisted dying, while Europe continues to be a patchwork of mixed legislations.
  Medscape Medical News, February 24, 2025